Here's to those that had a bad 1st tank MPG
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My first tank came out to 40.1 mpg. Not too bad. The car had 56 miles on it when I took delivery, but only had about 3/4 of a tank of gas. I guess around here they don't give you a full tank anymore. I filled it up last night, with 351 miles on it, and it took a shade under 9 gallons to fill it. Still, for a first tank, not too bad. Having put 30 miles on it today driving it to work for the first time (I carpool), I'm at 51mpg. Not bad at all.
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I've done a simple test - with a section of relative flat maybe with slight up and downhills, drove 38 mph on cruise control - that section averages 70mpg quite easily... On the other hand, 30 mph going a relative steep incline gets about 12 mpg.
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Originally Posted by wburke8302
My first tank came out to 40.1 mpg. Not too bad. The car had 56 miles on it when I took delivery, but only had about 3/4 of a tank of gas. I guess around here they don't give you a full tank anymore. I filled it up last night, with 351 miles on it, and it took a shade under 9 gallons to fill it. Still, for a first tank, not too bad. Having put 30 miles on it today driving it to work for the first time (I carpool), I'm at 51mpg. Not bad at all.
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Originally Posted by mickster
Sounds like some people either test drove your car, or the dealer got the car from another dealer. The car comes with a full tank from the port of entry and usually has between a few miles and 20 miles on it.
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I could be wrong but the sticker lists the Full Tank of Gas as part of the car's inventory, so to speak. I assumed it was full then-but then again-travelling across country with 12 extra gallons or more of gas in multiple cars coming on a car carrier is not the most efficient way to travel!
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